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We'll take a look a the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela - its effects in the region but also, in the U.S., with more Venezuelans trying to migrate.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Lydia Teasley of the Negro Leagues Family Alliance about honoring baseball's past and her father Ron "Schoolboy" Teasley about his own history in the Negro Leagues.

A high-ranking Michigan Senate Democrat has proposed creating a new school safety fund and says districts should have flexibility in deciding how that money would be spent.

The DNR rejected a lease with the Michigan National Guard, but said it signed a memorandum of understanding to allow land use permits for the Guard.

The ALICE (an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed) report looks at the number of households that fall below a basic cost-of-living standard. It found that nearly 1.6 million, or 39%, of Michigan households fell below the ALICE threshold in 2021.

A growing number of hospitals are shifting care into patients' homes. That means moving medications, machines and staffing with it, but hospitals are finding patients heal better, and it's cheaper.

Blume was banned from the beginning, but says "It never stopped me from writing." Justin Chang reviews Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith's new book is Fat Talk.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with South Carolina Sen. Sandy Senn, who was one of six Republican state senators who helped block a near-total abortion ban from advancing.

Writer Jeff Sharlet remembers the life and legacy of Harry Belafonte. While writing a profile on the actor and singer, he says he came to understand Belafonte's life as "part of the long struggle."

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC reported on lessons learned from March's bank failures, including lapses in government oversight and ideas on how to prevent similar meltdowns going forward.